The Jamesville-DeWitt Board of Education voted Monday night to approve accepting a gift of a turf field and other related improvements from a community group.

The board’s approval comes with a number of conditions which must be met by the JD Community Grounds for Action Coalition, the group which wants to raise private funds to pay for the turf.

One of the conditions requires the group to provide the district with a new running track, and new field lights along with the turf. The turf must be a minimum of 210 feet wide.

The group also must demonstrate proof it has collected all the funds necessary by April 1, 2013, and must donate $100,000 toward turf field replacement costs.

Organizers of the group estimate it will cost $1.4 million to $1.6 million for the turf, track and lighting. The goal is to raise the money and construct the turf during summer 2013, said Kevin Hulslander, a parent and one of the organizers of the J-D Community Grounds for Action coalition.

Hulslander said the group needs commitments of $500,000 to $700,000 in the first 60 days to make the deadlines.

The group will begin accepting pledges and donations as of Wednesday afternoon at its new website, www.jdturf.com.

J-D Superintendent Alice Kendrick said the district is extremely grateful for the group’s efforts.

The F-M Community Sports Facility Association raised more than $1.4 million to pay for a turf field and resurfaced track, along with a turf replacement fund. The district held a ribbon-cutting in May 2012. No district money was used for the project.

The gift also is contingent on approval of documents required by the board and New York State Education Department.